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W is for Wink

You wink when you briefly close one eye. If you wink at someone, it can mean that you like them in a sexual way. Men are most likely to wink at women.
Winking at someone after you say something usually means you have some kind of hidden meaning in what you say, and that you are being somehow sneaky, misleading, or you were joking.

W is for Winter

Winter is the coldest time of the year. During winter, trees stop growing and many animals go to sleep in caves to keep out of the cold. In very cold areas, you will see snow in winter.

W is for Wipe

You wipe something when you gently rub it with a cloth, or your hand. Wiping generally means passing the cloth over it once or maybe twice, not rubbing it many times like when you scrub something.
Children with runny noses often wipe their noses with the back of their hand, or their sleeve.

W is for Wire

Wire is made of metal stretched out long and thin. Wire is stiffer than string so you need tools like pliers to bend it into intricate shapes.
Wire is most often used to make fences out of on farms.

W is for Wisconsin

Wisconsin, abbreviated to WI, is a state in the Great Lakes region of the United States of America. The capital of Wisconsin is Madison and the largest city in Wisconsin is Milwaukee.
Your wisdom teeth grow at the very back of your mouth. They are called wisdom teeth because they usually grow when you get older.

Wisdom teeth usually come in during the late teens or early adulthood. Many people's wisdom teeth don't have enough room to grow and they can cause issues and need to be removed by a dentist. Some people don't get wisdom teeth at all.

W is for Wish

A wish is something you really, really want. Some people wish for possible things, like "I wish I had a better job" but other people might wish for impossible things, like the man in the picture has wished he can fly.
Some things are said to be able to grant wishes. When you blow out your birthday candles you can make a wish, and fairies are said to be able to grant wishes.

W is for Wisteria

Wisteria is a deciduous woody climbing vine, related to the pea. It grows big droopy bundles of purple flowers in spring.
Wisteria is a very hardy plant and can tolerate dry conditions, frost and neglect.

W is for Witch

A witch is someone, usually a woman, that practises magic. Witches are often seen as practising bad magic that can curse people or make them sick. Some witches are good. These witches are called white witches. It is generally thought that witches can use their magic with various techniques to see into the future. A male witch is sometimes called a warlock.

W is for Wither

Something is withered if it has shriveled, faded and started to dry.
Wither is similar to wilt.

W is for Withers

An animal's withers is the highest point along their back, generally around their shoulders. Horse's height is measured from the ground to the top of their withers.

W is for Wizard

A wizard can also be known as a magician or a sorcerer. Wizards practise magic, and learn their art from many years of studying books. Wizards are usually portrayed as in the picture, as an old man with a long white beard, wearing robes and a pointed hat.

W is for Wobble

Something is wobbly if it can move around in an uneven way. Some things that wobble are jello, people learning to ride a bike and wobbly toys like in the picture.

W is for Wok

A wok is a kind of pan for cooking, originally from China but also used in many other Asian countries. It is similar to a frying pan but has a distinctive round bottom.
The food in a wok is stirred with a kind of ladle as it is being cooked. The long handle on the ladle stops the cook's hands getting burnt as they stir the food.

W is for Wolf

The wolf is the wild relative of the dog. They live in forests and sometimes grasslands. Wolves generally hunt deer or any other available animal. A baby wolf is called a puppy.

W is for Wolverine

The wolverine is the largest member of the weasel family, although they look like small bears. They are found mostly in the northern, cold regions of the world like Alaska and Siberia. They are ferocious hunters and can kill things much larger than they are.

W is for Woman

A woman, sometimes called a lady, is an adult female person. Your mother and your grandmother are women.

W is for Womb

Womb is another word for uterus, the organ that a baby grows in when a woman is pregnant.

W is for Wombat

Wombats are a marsupial that lives in Australia. Marsupials are animals that keep their babies in pouches. The wombat's pouch faces backwards so it doesn't fill up with dirt while the mother wombat is digging. Wombats dig large systems of burrows, both to live in and while looking for roots to eat. The closest relative of the wombat is the koala.

W is for Women

Women is the plural of woman.